Salt Lake City Corporation allows charitable solicitations of its employees by "umbrella organizations" meeting the following criteria:
A. Membership: The umbrella organization has ten (10) or more individual members;
B. Recognition By IRS: The IRS recognizes the umbrella organization and each of its individual members as meeting section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
C. Overhead Limitation: At least eighty percent (80%) of the funds received from Salt Lake City Corporation employees must be used directly for the purposes for which the umbrella organization's members were created. No more than twenty percent (20%) may be used for overhead purposes of the umbrella organization or its individual members;
D. Accepted Standards: The umbrella organization and each of its members must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Mayor or his/her designee that its accounting and auditing policies and procedures comply with accepted accounting and auditing standards;
E. Experience: The umbrella organization has either:
1. Four (4) years of experience raising funds and can demonstrate that for the last four (4) years no more than twenty percent (20%) of funds collected from business employee fundraising drives was used for administrative and fundraising costs; or
2. Four (4) years experience participating as an umbrella organization with Salt Lake City Corporation in which no more than twenty percent (20%) of Salt Lake City Corporation employees' contributions was or will be used for administrative or fundraising costs;
F. New Organizations: New umbrella organizations may show management and cost containment plans that demonstrate to the Mayor or his/her designee that no more than twenty percent (20%) of funds collected from Salt Lake City Corporation employees will go to administrative or fundraising costs. (2019 Compilation)
A. Agreement With City: Umbrella organizations must agree to pay to the City the justified and reasonable costs of the charitable fund drive and furnish to the Mayor or his/her designee copies of:
1. An independent certified audit of the most recent fiscal year's financial, revenue and expense reports;
2. Its most recent IRS 990 Report;
3. Management and cost containment plans, when required; and
4. Any further information requested by the Mayor or his/her designee as they, in their sole discretion, deem necessary.
B. Individual Charities Not Permitted: Fund drives on behalf of individual charities are not allowed.
C. Disruption Minimized: Charitable solicitation fund drives must be designed to minimize disruption of the workplace and intrusions into the lives of employees. (2019 Compilation)
A. Limitations: Charitable solicitation campaigns shall be allowed once each year, and shall not exceed twenty (20) days from start to finish.
B. Minimum Employee Participation: At least fifty (50) employees must request a payroll deduction before it will be implemented.
C. Exception To Applicability: This chapter does not apply to fund drives conducted by employees for employee gifts. (2019 Compilation)